Editing Braham, Minnesota (section)

==Pie Day==
Every year on the first Friday in August, the people of Braham celebrate ''Pie Day''. This celebration includes craft sales, music, food stands, games, and entertainment, and various types of pie.<ref name="Profile for Braham, Minnesota, MN"/><ref name="BRAHAM AREA CHAMBER OF COMMERCE">{{cite web|url= http://www.brahamchamber.com/index2.html|title= BRAHAM AREA CHAMBER OF COMMERCE|publisher= BRAHAM AREA CHAMBER OF COMMERCE|access-date= October 14, 2012|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20130815153421/http://brahamchamber.com/index2.html|archive-date= August 15, 2013|url-status= dead}}</ref>

Braham was declared the Pie Capital of Minnesota by former Governor [[Rudy Perpich]] in 1990.<ref>{{cite web|url= http://kstp.com/article/stories/S1679671.shtml?cat=26|title=A Hubbard Broadcasting Company|publisher= A Hubbard Broadcasting Company|access-date= October 14, 2012}}</ref> Braham became famous for its pie in the 1930s and 1940s when Minnesotans would take the "shortcut to [[Duluth, Minnesota|Duluth]] through Braham."  While taking this "shortcut," people would stop in Braham and visit the Park Cafe, the cafe that made Braham pie famous. Pie Day began in July 1990, after [[Independence Day (United States)|Independence Day]], as an ice-cream social for fundraising and other charitable activities. The date was changed to the first Friday in August when the [[Isanti County, Minnesota|Isanti County]] Historical Society took charge of the event in 1992.